Do visual checks of your pads and pay attention to how frequently you need to top off your brake fluid reservoir. You will NOT hear the squeak of a wear indicator with the OEM "sporty" pads. At about 18K miles the brake fluid reservoir was down enough to trigger the dash light. With so little mileage on the car it didn't occur to me that this was the result of pad wear..., but I couldn't understand where the fluid was going. I thought perhaps it was low from the factory. Not long after I had one instance of rumbling during exceptionally hard braking, but no noise otherwise. It STILL didn't occur to me that it was pad wear. Then @ 20K miles when the rumbling occurred much more frequently I finally put 2 and 2 together. Amazingly quick wear for what is my wife's gently-driven daily driver. So, not only do the OEM "sporty" pads dust and are a little noisy even when new, gentle driving does nothing to extend their life. One plus is that at least the rotors do not have those PITA retention screws that are always seized to the hubs. Front pads and rotors was a 3-hour job and required no special instructions - typical disc brake change.
Summary:
- Check your brake fluid reservoir and add to proper level, keeping in mind that more fluid needed equates to pad and rotor wear.
- Visually inspect pads thickness. Expect 20K miles on a daily driver
Summary:
- Check your brake fluid reservoir and add to proper level, keeping in mind that more fluid needed equates to pad and rotor wear.
- Visually inspect pads thickness. Expect 20K miles on a daily driver